Episodes Nearest to March 19, 1892: 1 through 25 of 25
- Mob Carries out Death Sentence
March 19, 1892
Alexandria City, Virginia
Crime/ViolenceIn the small village of Haymarket, about 38 miles north of Alexandria, two white men, Lee Heflin and Joseph Dye, were lynched on March 19, 1892. The two men had been recently convicted of murder and sentenced to death. At 12 A.M. on March 19, a mob gathered outside the jail and demanded that the prisoners be handed over. The prisoners were taken away before the mob could reach them. The pair was...
- Grand Rally of the People's Party in Decatur County, Georgia
March 27, 1892
DECATUR, Georgia
Agriculture, Economy, Government, PoliticsThe residents of Decatur County involved in the People's Party held a grand rally early in the morning on March 27, 1892. For the citizens of Decatur County this rally was the first assemblage of the People's Party. The rally centered on a joint debate involving Rev. E. B. Mobley and Ben E. Russell. Mobley represented the ideals of the People's Party, which promoted government control...
- Edwin Alderman and the Importance of History
March 7, 1892
GUILFORD, North Carolina
Arts/Leisure, Education, Race-RelationsOn March 7, 1893 Edwin Alderman gave a speech in Greensboro, North Carolina regarding the importance of history and historical records. Alderman explained to his audience at the beginning of his speech that a "Historic Awakening" was occurring throughout the original thirteen states and that it was important that North Carolina become involved. Alderman possessed a lot of state pride and felt...
- The Power of the Populists
March 3, 1892
ROCKBRIDGE, Virginia
Crime/Violence, Government, PoliticsThe Farmer's Alliance was an organization of farmers beginning in Texas in 1876 whose influence was widespread until its demise in the late 1880s. It was created in order to protect the farmers who were affected by particularly poor economic times in the late nineteenth century by helping push up the prices of their goods. Just prior to its fall, the Farmer's Alliance was viewed by some...
- A New Yorker's Observations of Charleston
April 7, 1892
CHARLESTON, South Carolina
Church/Religious-Activity, Economy, Urban-Life/BoosterismIn the spring of 1892, an evangelical writer from New York City identified only by his initials, J.H.M, visited Charleston. During his visit, he made a number of observations regarding the state of the city 30 years after the Civil War. First and foremost, he states that the economy still has not recovered to its pre-war prosperity. He states, The people are cotton poor. Farmers are so crippled...
- Shall We Unite? Nationalist Sentiments in Atlanta
April 12, 1892
FULTON, Georgia
Government, Migration/TransportationTwenty-seven years had passed since Grant surrendered to Lee at Appomattox, VA and yet, according to A.D. Kean, division still belied his society. In seeking those similarities which connect the North with the South, Kean made a poignant point, asking readers of the People's Party Paper to recall those 23 New York Unknown who similarly left their homes with the kisses of their mother still on...
- First Black Novel Iola Leroy is Published
April, 1892
Washington City, District of Columbia
Arts/Leisure, Race-RelationsIn April 1892, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper published Iola Leroy; one of the first (some say the first) novel to be written by an African American. The book presented a closer and more in-depth look of black womanhood. It was a story about a refined mulatto woman raised to believe she was white until she and her mother are sold into slavery. Additionally, throughout the novel, Harper introduces...
- The Geary Act
May 5, 1892
Washington City, District of Columbia
Migration/Transportation, Race-RelationsIn 1892, the United States Congress granted an extension of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 known as the Geary Act. This original law, passed in 1882, allowed a ten-year moratorium for Chinese immigration. The United States government believed that Chinese immigration endangered the good order of certain localities. In addition, this law required that Chinese immigrants register and obtain a certificate...
- Populist Party Reaches Political Peak in the South
April, 1892 to June, 1892
ASHE, North Carolina
AgricultureIn early 1892, politicians and farmers gathered together to organize a third political party: the Populist Party. The party grew from an alliance (The Farmers Alliance) during an agrarian revolt that rose after a collapse of agriculture prices in 1873. The Farmers Alliance primary objective was to promote collective economic action by farmers and began to gain momentum in the South and the Great...
- African-Americans Gain Control of Tuskegee Institute
May, 1892
MACON, Alabama
African-Americans, EducationIn 1892, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, founded by Booker T. Washington, George Campbell and Lewis Adams (African-Americans), gained control of the college from the state of Alabama. Before this decision, the school was under the control of three White Americans who were the board of the commissioners at the time; Lewis Adams, Thomas Dyer, and M.B. Swanson.<br />Prior to building...
- Improvement and Success in the Railroad System of Western Virginia
January, 1892
NELSON, Virginia
Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/BoosterismSuccessful transportation had finally arrived On January 6, 1892 the first article on the front page of The Daily Virginian, under the heading "Local Matters," spoke of the Lynchburg citizens' excitement regarding the success of their railway service and the current development of western Virginia railroad systems. The previous morning, railroad workers had started running the engines of...
- Political Party Divisions
December 22, 1891
HENRICO, Virginia
Economy, Politics"Cleveland is the man of the people and the leader of the hour; he provides justice to all without help or hindrance to any." This passage appeared in a "Letter to the Editor" in the December 22, 1891 edition of the Richmond Times. The author of the editorial aimed to inspire political support for the Democratic politician Grover Cleveland while describing the fundamental differences between...
- Segregation of Railroad Cars
December 11, 1891
Alexandria City, Virginia
African-Americans, Race-RelationsRace relations between African-Americans and whites in Virginia were tense at the end of the nineteenth century, and whites tried to minimize interactions between themselves and blacks. To create greater distance between the two, the Virginia state government decided to segregate railroad cars based on race. In 1900, the state of Virginia passed a law that mandated all railroad companies to furnish...
- Ninth Annual Session of the Teachers' Assembly
June 21, 1892 to July 4, 1892
BEAUFORT, North Carolina
Education, WomenOn June 21 through July 4, 1892, the Ninth Annual Session of the Teachers' Assembly convened at Morehead City in Beaufort County. The meeting brought together thousands of educators and their friends and was meant to restore strength and energy to them in the relaxing city on the sea. The committee chose among the top teachers in North Carolina to speak at the session and each department was...
- A Meeting of Staunton's Black Residents
December 9, 1891
AUGUSTA, Virginia
African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity, Law, Politics, Race-RelationsEarly December, 1891 made the city of Staunton more aware of its racial makeup and power of black people in the city. In the evening, the colored people of the city met and formed a group called the Afro-American League. They wrote a preamble and resolutions against the laws requiring separate railroad cars and waiting rooms for blacks and whites. While demanding change in the law, they also wished...
- Baylee, the Democrat from Eastville
1892
NORTHAMPTON, Virginia
African-Americans, Politics, Race-RelationsBaylee was a Democrat from Eastville, a town in Virginia's Eastern Shore. Baylee became a Democrat after an Eastern Shore county chairman approached him about an upcoming election. Eastville, with its sizable black population, had voted Republican in recent years. Democrats knew that wooing black voters with their often racist platform was difficult. One thing worked to the Democrats' advantage:...
- Race Relations Turn Violent
1892
MADISON, Florida
African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-RelationsIn less than thirty years following the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, Florida became host to a violent flare up of racial tensions between a white man and a black man in Madison, Florida. The United States of America was one of the few major players in the world economy that still had a firmly intact system that subjugated a race by the late nineteenth century. However, the race lines...
- Hallowell Praises Black Soldiers
1892
EAST BATON ROUG, Louisiana
Nashville, Soldier, African-AmericansSince 1865 the importance of the black soldiers fighting in the Civil War for the Union has not been disputed, whether it be freed slaves or fugitive slaves. Without a doubt the black soldiers that fought helped the Union immensely, absorbing significant losses while doing so. Part of the success resulted from the way that black soldiers were treated. According to Norwood P. Hallowell, the black...
- Strange Encounter and Counterfeit Money
December 4, 1891
SMYTH, Virginia
Economy, Government, LawOn December 4th, 1891, F. W. Leonard, the sheriff of Smyth County, Virginia received a letter from the sheriff of Barber County in Kansas. A man described by the Kansas sheriff as being 40 years old, 5 feet 8 inches in height and of dark complexion was seen wondering around Barber County, Kansas. The sheriff also described the man as being crazy. When questioned by the Kansas sheriff the stranger,...
- On Lynching
November 5, 1891 to 1891
HINDS, Mississippi
African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Law, Race-RelationsOn November 5, 1891, the Jackson Clarion Ledger accused Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg of being vain for offering a reward for the apprehension of parties engaged in a lynching bee, the subject being a negro. The lynchers, according to the newspaper, would never be prosecuted. On March 27 of the previous year, the same newspaper reported that levee cutters would be properly cared for by the citizens...
- Lynchings in Mississippi
July 5, 1892
WARREN, Mississippi
African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Race-RelationsSmith Tooley and John L. Adams were charged with the murder of Benson Blake and with many robberies. Benson Blake was a proprietor of a store in Vickburg, Mississippi. One night, he got wind that Tooley and some other Negroes were headed to rob his store. When the Negroes arrived, Benson and his friends were waiting for them. In a moment of rage, the Negroes fired through the window of the store,...
- Mary Emilie Holmes: On a Mission
November, 1891 to December, 1891
HINDS, Mississippi
Church/Religious-Activity, Education, Race-Relations, WomenThe white citizens of Jackson, Mississippi were less than happy. According to the Clarion Ledger Jackson had been selected as the site of the Mary Holmes school for the colored people, despite protests of many newspapers and citizens. They did not, however, formally attempt to stop the project, as it was, according to Samuel Rogal's account of Holmes' educational ministry, a only seminary...
- Democratic Ratification Meeting Confirms Cleveland, Stevenson, Carr
July 6, 1892
CRAVEN, North Carolina
Government, PoliticsA New Bern ratification meeting on July 6, 1892 reflected more of a Democratic rally than a meeting as Cleveland, Carr and Victory chanted through the air in Craven County. The meeting set the Democratic ball in motion as the assembly greeted the resolution with applause and enthusiasm. Mr. Furnifold McLendel Simmons, the first speaker, championed Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson as the perfect...
- United States Labor Strikes
July 12, 1892
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania
Labor/Industrialism/Union, Economics/Health/GovernmeThe state militia stood at the ready. The dark sketch was taken on July 12, 1892. The sketch depicted Andrew Carnegie's Pennsylvania steel plant surrounded by military. The Homestead plant sketch was taken from a wood engraving by T. de Thulstrap. The Swedish born immigrant came to America in the 19th century. The immigrant would achieve the American Dream as a Harper's Weekly...
- Murderous uprising of African-Americans
July 11, 1892 to July 14, 1892
MC CRACKEN, Kentucky
African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Race-RelationsViolence was more prevalent in the New South than the Old South, and racial violence was just one part of Southern violence. One incident of racial violence began on July 11. Two or three hundred blacks, armed with rifles, congregated in the vicinity of the jail in Paducah, Kentucky, prepared for an attack. The Sheriff gathered a posse of fifty or seventy-five armed men. <br /><br />The...